Hand-rake.



1'. a. HARRIS & R. H. HILL.

HAND RAKE.

APPUCATION FILED JUNE 22,1915.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Wihwoow UNITE STAES A E FFICE.

J ULIUS G. HARRIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND ROBERT H. HILL, OF

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

I HAND-RAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Application filed nine 22, 1915. Serial No. 35,574.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we; Jumus G. HARRIS and ROBERT H. HILL, citizens of the United States, residing at. Germantown, Philadelp hia, county of Philadelphia, and State of ennsylvania, and Wilmingtom'county of 'New Castle, and State of Delaware, respec-- tively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Rakes, of which the following is'a specification.

' This invention relates to certain new and dens without transferring to a fork or other utensil.

A rake constructed in accordance with our and without the necessity of theoperator stooping over. e

Other objects and advantages of the in- .vention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims. The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which' Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved rake. 'Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, with the scoop open. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the scoop closed. Fig. dis a top plan with the scoop removed, showing the clippers in operative position. I Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the-different views.

Referring to the drawings, 1. designates a rake'head provided with the rake teeth 2. v

3 is the handle and 4 a curved support secured to the handle and rake headand supframe 9 and the bar 10, which latter is beveled, as seen best in Figs. 1, and 3, and to which bar 10 andframe 9 1s secnred the reticulated medium 11 'constitutmg the scoop. The curved arm 8 extends upward through the slot and has secured thereto, as at 12, one end of a hook 13, to the other end of which is attached, as at 14, a cord or the likel5, the other end'of which extends withm convenient reach of the outer end of the handle and is provided with a suitable handhold or the like 16. This cord or ligament 15 passes through a staple or the like 17 on the handle 3 to guide the same and keep it from falling out of reach.

18 is a hook connected at one end to the upper end of the arm 8 and having connected with its other end one end of a spring 19, the other end of which is connected to the rake head 1, as at 20. f

The operation isas follows: The device may be used as a rake in the ordinary manner, the scoop being normally inthe position n which it is seen in Figs. 1 and 2. When 1t is desiredto collect the grass or waste which h'asbeen raked up by the rake, the cord 15 is pulled which moves the upper end of' the arm 8 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, throwing the scoop from the positlon seen in Figs. 1 and 2 intothat seen in Fig. 3, gathering up the cut grass or trash or waste, the bar 10 of. the scoop coming in contact with the. teeth 2, as seen in Fig. 3, and preventing escape of the grass etc. Clippers 21 are pivotally mounted, as at 22,

ontherake head, a spring 23 being employed\ between. the clipper arms, as seen best in Fig. 4. v The clippers are mounted upon the upper side of the rake head and when not in use may be disposed lengthwise of the rake head, as seen in Fig. 1, being kept there permanently, being fastened by means of a pin 24 passed through an openmg in one clipper arminto an opening 25 in the rake head.- When the pull on the cord 15, is released, the spring 19 will return the scoop to its normal position, as seen in-Fig. 2. When it is desired to 0prate the clippers, the rake is turned over with the teeth upward, the cord 15 is disconnected from the arm 7 and the'spring 19 is disconnected from said arm and from the rake head and then the scoop and the spring are removed. The cord 15 is then attached to the clipper arms, being passed through I an opening 26 in a lug 27 rising from oneclipper arm and secured m an opening 28 H in the end of the other clipper arm, the pin 24 being removed ,and the clippers turned i of the rake head 1.

15 makes one cut of the clippers, and after' the said arm to the into a position at right angles to the'l ength Each pull'of the cord each cut the spring 23 serving to open the clippers. The pin 2 L is passed through the opening in the clipper arm so as to secure handle ready for opera tion.

No claim is m tachment. 1

Modifications in details may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacmficingfany of its adde herein to the clipper atvantages.

. What is claimed as new is:

1. A rake head, a handle, a screen carried thereby, a scoop supporting arm pivotally mounted on the handle, an operating ligament connected withsaid arm above the handle, a spring extending in alinement ,Wlth said ligament and connecting .said arm 7 above the handle with the rake head, a re- ,above the handle with ticulated scoop carried by the scoop supporting arm, and a transverse bar carried by said supporting arm. 2. -'A rake head, a ried thereby, a scoop supporting arm pivotally mounted on the handle, an operating ligament connected with said arm above the handle, a spring extending in alinement with said ligament and connecting said arm ticulated scoop carried by the scoop supporting. arm, and a transverse bar carried by said supporting arm and tapered and adapted to engage the teeth of the rake head when the scoop is in its closed fposition.

In testimony whereof we a x our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

' JUI IUS G. HARRIS.

ROBERT H. HILL. v

' Witnesses:

MARY E. HANEY, ROBERT RUSSELL.

handle, .a screen car-- the rake head, a re- 

